Condenser for cotton-gins.



A. RIEMENSGHNEIDER. CONDENSER FOR GOT'I'ONGINS. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 31, 1911.

1,009 57 Patented N0v.21, 1911.

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ADOLPH RIEMENSCHNEIDER, 0F SARGO CREEK, TEXAS.

' CONDENSER FOR COTTON-GINS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADOLPI-I RIEMEN- SCHNEIDER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sarco Creek, in the county of Goliad and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Condensers for Cotton-Grins, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention embodies improvements in condensers and cleaning means for use in connection with cotton ginning plants.

This application is a division of my pending application for patent, Serial Number 546,729, filed March 1, 1910.

For a full understanding of the present invention, reference is to be had to the following description and to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a sectional View showing a condenser embodying the essential features of the invention; Fig. 2 is a side elevation; Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken about on the line 33 of Fig. 1, bringing out more clearly the mounting of the upper discharge roller of the condenser.

Throughout the following detail description and on the several figures of the drawings, similar parts are referred to by like reference characters.

Describing the invention specifically, and particularly referring to the drawings, it is contemplated to provide a suitable casing 1 having in communication with its lower portion a feeding flue 2 through which the lint or cotton passes from the gins, not shown, to the condenser.

Mounted within the casing 1 is a feed drum 3, and the flue 2 extends upwardly into the casing 1 some distance, as shown at 2, and said portion 2 is curved so as to conform with the circumference of the drum 3. The drum 3 is mounted on a shaft 4, the latter being suitably supported in bearings in the opposite walls of the casing 1, and having on one end a drive gear 5 in mesh with a bevel gear 6 on a drive shaft 7. The shaft 7 is driven from the source of power used for driving the various machines comprising the ginning plant, and in the present instance, a pulley 8 is carried by the shaft 7 and is operated by a belt 9.

The casing 1 is divided into a curved chamber 10, the latter extending from the upper end of the flue 2, partly around the drum 3 and terminating in a discharge Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 21, 1911.

Original application filed March 1, 1910, Serial No. 546,729. Divided and this application filed March 31, Serial No. 618,129,

spout 11, at the upper end of which is mounted a pair of condensing rollers 12 and 13. The upper roller 13 is held in its normal position relative to the lower roller 12 by means of springs 14,.the latter permitting the upper roller to yield in its bearings when an obstruction in the cotton passes between said rollers. A portion of the up per wall of the curved chamber 10 is formed by a foraminous partition 15 which latter, in association with the outer wall of the upper portion 2 of the fine 2, separates the chamber 10 from a dirt return passage 16 located in the casing 1 at the outer side of the upper end of the flue 2. Extending from the upper end of the passage 16, and, of course, from the upper end of the casing 1 also, is a ventilator 17 of any conventional type. Normally the lower end of the passage 16 is closed by means of a valve 18, and the latter is held closed by a hook fastening 19, on

the like. Between the lower roller 12 and the drum 3 is located a foraminous partition 20 secured in any substantial way to the sides of the casing 1 and just below the drum between the spout 11 and the fiue 2 is located a dirt hopper 21 having a discharge valve or closure 22 similar to the closure 18.

In the operation of the machine, as hereinbefore described, the drum 3 is driven from the shaft 7 and the rollers 12 and 13 are operated by means of a drive chain connection 23 between the shaft 4: and the roller 12. The rollers 12 and 13 have intermeshing gears 24 and 25, respectively, so that motion is transmitted to the rollers during the operation of the drum 3. The lint enters the chamber 10 from the flue 2, being forced into the condenser by means of an air blast, and dirt or foreign matter in the lint is separated therefrom and forced through the foraminous partition 15 into the passage 16 from which it may be discharged by opening the valve 18. Dirt or foreign matter not dislodged and separated at the partition 15, but which is retained by the cotton or lint until it reaches the rollers, is adapted to be forced through the partition 20 into the hopper 21. Furthermore, dust, or the like contained in the cotton is adapted to pass therefrom through the ventilator 17.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. In a condenser for cotton ginning plants, the combination of a casing, a rotatable drum mounted therein and spaced from the upper portion of the casing to form a curved chamber, a lint feeding fiue connected with the lower portion of the cas ing and terminating within the latter on one side of the drum in communication with the curved chamber, a discharge spout connected with the casing at the opposite side of the drum, condensing rollers arranged to receive the material passing from the curved chamber to the discharge spout, a foraminous partition between the drum and one of said rollers, and a hopper below the drum adapted to receive foreign matter passing through said foraminous partition.

2. In a condenser for cotton ginning plants, the combination of a casing, a rotatable drum mounted therein and spaced from the upper portion of the casing to form a curved chamber, a lint feeding flue connected with the lower portion of the casing and terminating within the latter on one side of the drum in communication with the curved chamber, a discharge spout connected with the casing at the opposite side of the drum, condensing rollers arranged to receive the material passing from the curved chamber to the discharge spout, a foraminous partition between the drum and one of said rollers, and a hopper below the drum adapted to receive foreign matter passing through said foraminous partition, and a second foraminous partition arranged at the upper portion of the casing spaced from the drum and forming a part of the wall of the curved chamber, and also providing a dirt return passage between the adjacent portion of the casing and said partition, and a discharge valve at the lower end of said return passage.

3. In a condenser for cotton ginning plants, the combination of a casing, a drum rotat-ably mounted in the central portion of said casing, means for rotating said drum, a lint feeding flue leading into the lower portion of the casing and terminating at one side of the drum and curved to conform with the shape of the latter, said drum being spaced from the upper portion of the casing to form a curved chamber, a discharge spout leading from the casing at the side of the drum opposite the flue aforesaid, a curved foraminous partition spaced from the outer wall of the drum and extending from the outer wall of the curved portion of the flue to provide a dirt return passage between the partition and the adjacent wall of the casing, a discharge valve for the lower end of said passage, condensing rollers in spaced relation at the receiving end of the discharge spout, a foraminous partition interposed between the drum and one of said rollers, and a dirt receiving hopper below the drum adapted to receive foreign matter passing through the last mentioned foraminous partition.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ADOLPH RIEMENSCHNEIDER. Witnesses:

W. E. FOWLER, M. W. FOWLER.

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